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Speakers

Jochen Topf

Events6
Conferences2
Talks8
Years active2019–2025
Miles between events3,4923 in-person events · 2 countries

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

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Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 10, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • State of the Map
  • FOSS4G

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Nov 14, 2025State of the Map Europe 2025State of the MapspeakerEverything Everywhere All at Once
The OpenStreetMap community has assembled an enourmous database of our world. There are lots of more or less specialized maps out there, each showing some of…Show less

The OpenStreetMap community has assembled an enourmous database of our world. There are lots of more or less specialized maps out there, each showing some of the data. But there is no map that shows all of the data. How can we discover what is not shown by any map?

Nov 14, 2025State of the Map Europe 2025State of the MapspeakerWhat's happening in Germany?

The mappers in Germany are busy as ever mapping every trail in the forest, every train signal, and the occasional collapsed bridge. But there is more going on.

Sep 6, 2024State of the Map 2024State of the MapspeakerOn the Ground
OpenStreetMap is a community project to map the world. Everybody can contribute whatever they want. Or can they? What are the rules that govern what can be…Show less

OpenStreetMap is a community project to map the world. Everybody can contribute whatever they want. Or can they? What are the rules that govern what can be mapped in OSM and how? How are we creating a coherent global map and not just a bunch of random data about the world?

Nov 10, 2023State of the Map Europe 2023State of the MapspeakerExploring taginfo
Nov 10, 2023State of the Map Europe 2023State of the MapspeakerModern osm2pgsql tricks
Aug 22, 2022FOSS4G 2022FOSS4GspeakerCreating vector tiles with osm2pgsql
For over a decade now osm2pgsql has been the standard tool for importing OpenStreetMap data into a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database for rendering of raster tiles and…Show less

For over a decade now osm2pgsql has been the standard tool for importing OpenStreetMap data into a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database for rendering of raster tiles and many other use cases.

Aug 19, 2022State of the Map 2022State of the MapspeakerEvolving the OSM Data Model
The OSM data model with its nodes, ways, and relations has done an amazing job for us over the years. It has seen very little changes since relations were…Show less

The OSM data model with its nodes, ways, and relations has done an amazing job for us over the years. It has seen very little changes since relations were introduced 15 years ago. But there are some real problems with the data model.

Sep 21, 2019State of the Map 2019State of the MapspeakerOSM data processing with PostgreSQL/PostGIS
The PostgreSQL database with the PostGIS extension is an important instrument in the toolbox of anybody working with OSM data. This talks explains the basics of…Show less

The PostgreSQL database with the PostGIS extension is an important instrument in the toolbox of anybody working with OSM data. This talks explains the basics of working with the SQL database and how it handles geographic data.

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Sarah Hoffmann6—2025
Roland Olbricht5—2025
Ilya Zverev5—2024
Benjamin Herfort4—2025
Joost Schouppe4—2025
Said Turksever4—2025
Frederik Ramm312025
Andrew Hain3—2025
Dustin Carlino3—2025
Frédéric Rodrigo3—2025
Gregory Marler3—2025
Arnalie Vicario3—2024
Marco Minghini3—2024
Martin Raifer3—2024
Michael Montani3—2024

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.